Landmark roles were in 50s classics directed by Elia Kazan and Alfred Hitchcock, before going on to play Superman’s adoptive mother in later life Eva Marie Saint, one of the last survivors of Hollywood’s golden age of the 1940s and 50s, has died aged 102. Her screen work spanned six decades: Saint made her screen debut opposite Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s celebrated thriller North by Northwest, and in one of her last screen appearances played Superman’s adoptive mother Martha Kent in the 2006 superhero film Superman Returns. A family spokesman said on Tuesday that Saint had died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles. Continue reading...

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Esther Rantzen, who was best known for presenting BBC's That's Life! and launching charity ChildLine has sadly died at the age 86 following her terminal lung cancer Wed, 30 Sep 2026 Dame Esther Rantze...

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Rantzen announced lung cancer diagnosis in 2023 and became a vocal assisted dying campaigner Esther Rantzen, the Bafta-winning TV presenter and founder of ChildLine, has died aged 86. She announced a diagnosis of stage four lung cancer in 2023, and became a vocal campaigner to reform the law around assisted dying. In September 2026, she announced that she had to abandon plans to end her life in Swiss clinic Dignitas, due to being too physically frail. Continue reading...

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Fei-Fei Li, one of the AI industry’s leading minds, will be joining AMD as its chief scientist and executive vice-president.

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Ireland has spent fifty years quietly building one of the most complete semiconductor ecosystems in the world, and Seamus Carroll of IDA Ireland argues that a national strategy running out to 2040 is ...